Water-closet bowl and cleaner.



No. 872,746. I PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907. P. A. PETERSON.

WATER CLOSET BOWLAND CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30, 1906.

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Fn'nnnnrcx .A. Pn'rnn- SON, a citizen oi the United States, and resi: dent of+Jamestown 'in'the county of Chantauqna and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Water-Closet Bowl and Cleaner, of which the following, taken in con- .nection with the accom anying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact escription.

The invention relates to water-closet bowls and means for cleaning the same.

It is well known that the traps of watercloset bowls are often clogged, either by attempting to flush through them articles unsuited to such confined and intricate opik or by the use of insoluble toilet material, and that theservices of a lumber are'of-ten required to remove suc obstructions. It is found that this clogging of the trap duct usually occurs in the cross duct, which crosswise duct must have an n ward angle to form the trap and consequent y has a tendency to retain clogging substances.

The objects of my improvement are, first,

to provide a water-closet bowl, having a cross trap duct so formed that access maybe the bowl and which may be had to said duct through the walls of the bowl for cleaning the same; and second, a cleaner which shall be a permanentfixture-of operated at any time to remove obstructions om the cross duct of the trap.

In the drawings, Figure 1 a lengthwise sectional view of a water-closet bowl, showing the shape of the trap duct, and the cleaner in positionin said duct. Fig. 2 is a crosswise sectional view of the bowl at line X X in Fig. 1.

spoon-shaped end of the cleaner. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the cleaner spoon with the handle attached; Fig. "5 is a sectional view of the packing box through which the cleaner rods work; and Fig. 6 is a plan view of the screw cap for said'box.

Similar numerals refer to corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 10 indicates a water-closet bowl which has a flushing inlet 11, the open-- ing of the flushing inlet being continued around the upper edge of the bowl 10 by the duct 12, whic duct is formed by turningthe upper edge of the bowl. For a portion of the distance around the bowl said turned edge of the bowl is not joined to the body of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed kugnlt 80. 1906. Serial No. 882.830.

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Fig. 3 is a plan view of the Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

bowl, thereby forming a slot 13, which distributes the water around the bowl and flushes'it clea'n each time the tank is emptied.

Y usual air vent 1 4 is supplied at the rear of'bowllO." f p A vertical exit duct 15 leads from the bottom of part 16 of the bowl 10 and opens into the cross duct 17, which cross duet connects at an upward angle with the downwardly extending part 18 of the duct, which leads to "the ipil (iipe 19 thus forming the usual 8 or ape duct. Cross duct 17 is made straightinorder that cleaning rod 20 ma y be operated therein. A lengthwise recess 21 is provided along the side of cross duct 17 to receive rod 20 and thus leave the full size of the openingJ 7 for flushing the bowl and also so that said cleaning rod shall not form any obstruction in flushingbowl. It is apparent that being placed to one side in the recess 21 it. is entirely out of the way.

Oleaningrod 20 has a spoon-shaped inner end 22, a recess 23 being provided at the lower end of duct 17 to receive spoon 22 so that it also shall be entirely out of the way in flushing the bowl.

At the u per end of duct 17 an opening 24. is provide 1n the walls of the bowl of sulficient size to receive a can or box 25, which is made of brass or other non-corrosive mate rial. Can 25 hasa screw cap 26 to cover the same. The up er end of rod 20 has preferably a ring or an'dle 26 Whiohfolds upon the rod within on 25. A acking box 28 is provided in the ottom of cup 25 through which rod 20 operates, the packing box 28'.

having a small recess therein so that suitable packing may be placed about the rod so that no liquld can escape around the rod in operating the same or when flushing the bowl.

The cleaning spoon 22 is made of suitable size to fit opening 17 and has the holes 29 duct 18 and soil pipe 19 as well as to cross duct 17. Suitable packing may be provided at the inner seat efitiie'gttx zs in 11615 24.,

Screw cap 26 is formed-with-the central pro-1 jection 30 to receive awrench-tfor removing thesame. V 1 To operate the cleaner, the cap 26"is removed and rod 20 is Y means of handle '27 w e the bowl isbeing water to run through the spoon while it being pulled up through duct 17. i Itis appar-.

cut that as spoon 22 moves up duct 17 it ,must take with it all obstructions therein and empty'the same into duct 16, which being more vertical and downward, allows the -water to more freely wash the obstructions down into the soil pipe 30. After cleaning the cross duct, the cleaner is returned to its normal position with the spoon 22 in seat 23 at the lower end of duct 17. 1

I claim as new:

1. A water-closet bowl comprising a receptacle having. a flushing inlet, a trapped flushing duct from said receptacle, the cross duct of said'traphaving a len hwise recess, and a cleaner operatively aced in said lengthwise recess to clean sai cross duct.

2. In a water-closet, a bowl havin a flushing inlet, an outlet duct to said how a Z-shaped tra in said outlet, a cleaning rod operatively p aced in said trap, and a seat nlled outward by" said 0 emng,

3. .In a water-closet, abowl ha for said cleaning rod,-

of the duct. a flushing inlet, an outlet duct to said bow a -Z-sha d trap infsaid insaij trap, a perforated cleaning spoon at-- tache d to said rod at one side, an opening in .thewall. of said trap d a packing box for said rod 1n stud 'rid of the-cleaning rod inthe I v the trap out of the channe outlet, a cleaning rod I '4. In a water-closet, a bowl having flush; ing inlet,.an outlet duct to said bowl, 8. trapin said outlet, an opening in the front wall of said trap, a packing box removably placed in a cleaning rod in said trap and slidab concea ed therein when in normal position.

mounted in said packing box and 5. In a water-closet, a bowl 16, a flushing,

inlet ll 12 13 thereto, an outlet duct 15 17 18 therefrom, .a recess 20 in the side of the cross duct 17 and a seat 23 in the side of the outlet duct, a cleaner 2O 22 slidably mounted in recase 23 and duct 17, and a packing box 25 for rod 20 in opening 24, substantially as shown and for the urpose s ecified. In testimony w ereof I ave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK A. PETERSON. Witnesses:

A. L. FURLow, IDA A. ELLSWORTH. 

